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The Corpus Medicorum is an orchestra made up of health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists. It was founded by Phillip Antippa, a cardiothoracic surgeon and the leader of the orchestra's viola section. One of Phillip's patients is also in ...

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In the Pacific, where diseases like malaria, tuberculosis and diabetes fill hospitals and chemotherapy is expensive and difficult to access, cancer is a silent killer. 2014 data indicates more than half of those diagnosed with cancer in the Pacific do not make it back into remission. But today is ...

In Papua New Guinea, cancer accounts for one in 10 deaths, but data shows 30 per cent of this could be prevented by lifestyle changes. It's a similar situation across the Pacific, where around half of those diagnosed with cancer will die of the disease. Dadi Toka Jr is the CEO of PNG's Cancer ...

There are fears e-cigarettes are being used as a gate-way drug in the Pacific to get more young people to smoke traditional cigarettes. A study by the University of Hawaii's Cancer Centre has found 30 per cent of Hawaiian teenagers surveyed had tried an e-cigarette. Dr Thomas Wills is the interim ...

The Corpus Medicorum is an orchestra made up of health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists. It was founded by Phillip Antippa, a cardiothoracic surgeon and the leader of the orchestra's viola section. One of Phillip's patients is also in ...

The US health insurance provider Medicare may soon begin paying for yearly scans to detect lung cancer in certain current or former heavy smokers. A major study found low-dose CT scans of the lungs of people at high risk could cut their chances of dying from lung cancer by 20 . ...